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now PLANTS ARE CLASSIFIED AND STUDIED. 



330. Signs and Abbreviations used in the Popular Flora. Th.-so are very few and 



easily uiKlerstooil. 



The Hi^'iis for degroos (°), minutes ('), and soconds (") are used for size or 

 hei^'ht ; tho Urst for foot, the seconil for inciies, and tlie third for linos or 

 twelfths of an inch. 



Accordingly 1° or 2° means one or two feet long or liigh, as the case may be. 



And r or 2' means one or two inches long or high. 



And i" or 2" means one or two lines or twelfths of an inch long. 



An a.sterisk or star before the name of a g«>nus — as *Fknnkl-FLOWEII and 

 ■^Peony on p. 117, or *IIai)Isii, *Tli<nip, *('.\M)YH ft, t'irc, on p. 129 — denotes 

 that tliere are no wild species of that genns in tiiis country, but they are to bo 

 met with only as cultivated j)lants. 



§ This mark stands for section of a genus, or a .•^uhfj^niof, i.e., a section almost 

 distinct enough for a genus. See under Magnolia, p. 121 ; also p. 151, where 

 Prt/n,^, ^ Sorhtifi, and I'ljni.^, ^ Mains, i^c. denote that Svrbus and Malus are 

 only sections or subgenera of the genus Pi/rus. 



To vsave room, the name of the genus generally is not printed in full imder 

 each species. So, under A'^irgin's Bower, p. 117, tho tirst species. Wild 

 Vihgin'w Jjoweh, is given in full. In the second, "Sweet V." stands for Sweet 

 Virgin's Bower. Also, as to the scientific name, '* C. Flammula " stands for 

 Clematis Flanuunla, — and so elsewhere. 



N., S., E., and W., which are occa.sionally added after the description of a species, 

 stand for North, South, East, and We.st, and indicate the part of the country 

 where tlie plant naturally grows. For example, the Lonc-khuitei) Anemony, p. 

 1 18, is found North and West (N. and W.), itc. When there is no such reference, 

 the species may be found in almost any j)art of the Northern United States. 



Fl. is an abbrevation for flowering, or sometimes for flower. Page 119, line 

 I, Sic, " Fl, spring," means flowering in spring, " Fl. summer," line 8, means 

 flowering in summer. Cult, is an abbreviation for cultivated. 



Accents. In the Latin or scientiflc names, the syllable upon wliicli the accent 

 falls is marked with a ' or '. When the accented vowel has a long sound, it is 

 marked ' ; ns Aiicmdiie, p. 119, Acoiiitum, p. 1 20. When the vowel has the short 

 sound, it is marked '; as Clematis and Ilepdtica, p. 119. 



All Jjatin or Latinised names, when of only two syllables, take the accent on 

 the first syllable, and therefore do not need to be marked. 



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